tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post114207355114624997..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Open University Meets Open CoursewareGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-1142550394760207222006-03-16T23:06:00.000+00:002006-03-16T23:06:00.000+00:00Thanks - that's an amazing site, such as could onl...Thanks - that's an amazing <A HREF="http://libraryissues.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">site</A>, such as could only be produced by a librarian....Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-1142549068282433882006-03-16T22:44:00.000+00:002006-03-16T22:44:00.000+00:00Actually it could be quite an interesting marketin...Actually it could be quite an interesting marketing strategy to tempt people all the books and journals they could access online if they signed up as a student! <BR/><BR/>It is possible that they're using off-the-shelf software that makes it tough to do though. When there are <A HREF="http://libraryissues.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">librarians there</A> blogging lists of new acquisitions, I do doubt that they are trying to maliciously keep people out though :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-1142371990286431452006-03-14T21:33:00.000+00:002006-03-14T21:33:00.000+00:00Well, yes, I'm not suggesting they should offer a ...Well, yes, I'm not suggesting they should offer a kind of Google Book service; but I don't see why they couldn't make their catalogue available online (maybe they do - I couldn't find it).<BR/><BR/>It's often quite useful to be able to browse through catalogues, and I don't think it would impose much of an overhead on the system.<BR/><BR/>Still, the OU are certainly doing the right thing by releaseing some of their stuff as open courseware: it will be interesting to see how far they go.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-1142365470386789742006-03-14T19:44:00.000+00:002006-03-14T19:44:00.000+00:00I feel you're being a teensy bit unfair on the OU ...I feel you're being a teensy bit unfair on the OU about the access to the library holdings - almost all of the restrictions on access will presumably be imposed by the publishers rather than the university. And it's far better I think that they offer the online library access that they do to students than none at all which is something that would probably be quite easy for them to do if they so chose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com